SOUTH AFRICA VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		SOUTH AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	27,913	3	32,739	- 4,826
Violence	2	21,190	7	21,000	+ 191
Diabetes Mellitus	3	20,437	5	30,188	- 9,750
Stroke	4	18,438	4	30,693	- 12,255
HIV/AIDS	5	17,321	1	71,996	- 54,675
Kidney Disease	6	14,878	9	15,302	- 424
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	14,030	2	39,341	- 25,310
Road Traffic Accidents	8	12,799	11	13,014	- 215
Liver Disease	9	8,375	14	9,013	- 638
Prostate Cancer	10	6,881	24	4,374	+ 2,507
Lung Disease	11	6,676	13	11,895	- 5,219
Hypertension	12	6,653	12	12,789	- 6,136
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	6,508	22	4,676	+ 1,832
Other Injuries	14	5,164	17	6,014	- 849
Lung Cancers	15	4,432	15	7,705	- 3,273
Suicide	16	4,011	10	13,774	- 9,763
Cervical Cancer	17	3,998	20	5,555	- 1,558
Drownings	18	3,463	32	2,403	+ 1,060
Liver Cancer	19	3,461	33	2,383	+ 1,077
Stomach Cancer	20	3,368	39	1,535	+ 1,834
Congenital Anomalies	21	3,350	25	4,351	- 1,001
Endocrine Disorders	22	3,272	19	5,890	- 2,618
Breast Cancer	23	3,148	23	4,533	- 1,386
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	2,909	28	3,587	- 678
Low Birth Weight	25	2,869	16	6,250	- 3,381
Inflammatory/Heart	26	2,621	21	5,408	- 2,787
Falls	27	1,870	42	1,399	+ 471
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,598	46	1,077	+ 521
Malnutrition	29	1,424	34	2,381	- 956
Alcohol	30	1,410	49	987	+ 423
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,359	35	2,007	- 648
Birth Trauma	32	1,341	30	3,004	- 1,663
Tuberculosis	33	1,279	6	21,965	- 20,687
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	1,259	8	15,843	- 14,584
Asthma	35	1,117	18	5,966	- 4,848
Epilepsy	36	1,114	37	1,870	- 756
Skin Disease	37	796	45	1,101	- 305
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	751	36	1,894	- 1,143
Leukemia	39	579	40	1,464	- 884
Fires	40	529	27	3,618	- 3,089
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	496	47	1,015	- 519
Maternal Conditions	42	336	38	1,700	- 1,363
Oesophagus Cancer	43	320	29	3,486	- 3,166
Appendicitis	44	212	56	274	- 62
Poisonings	45	209	50	975	- 767
Meningitis	46	204	26	3,660	- 3,457
Drug Use	47	202	53	770	- 568
Encephalitis	48	200	59	234	- 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	160	55	376	- 215
Lymphomas	50	160	31	2,818	- 2,658
Uterin Cancer	51	159	54	512	- 353
Ovary Cancer	52	138	51	951	- 813
Other Neoplasms	53	135	58	267	- 132
Multiple Sclerosis	54	62	62	113	- 51
Dengue	55	31	73	0	+ 31
Hepatitis B	56	29	61	139	- 111
Chagas disease	57	27	78	0	+ 27
Upper Respiratory	58	18	60	223	- 205
Tetanus	59	16	65	38	- 22
War	60	16	64	66	- 50
Hepatitis C	61	6	70	8	- 2
Syphilis	62	5	44	1,130	- 1,125
Pertussis	63	4	43	1,142	- 1,138
Ascariasis	64	4	71	3	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	3	68	18	- 15
Skin Cancers	66	1	48	993	- 992
Oral Cancer	67	0	41	1,406	- 1,405
Diphtheria	68	0	69	16	- 16
Otitis Media	69	0	67	19	- 19
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	57	270	- 270
Hookworm Disease	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	63	83	- 83
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	66	35	- 35
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	82	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	52	829	- 829
Schizophrenia	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH AFRICA

Belize

South Africa

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.